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according to the poll, 40% of all voters hold a favorable opinion of romney, down one point since may, but those with an unfavorable view went up 1%. president obama's numbers went up slightly. when it comes to independents, only 37% have a positive opinion of romney, while 50% have an unfavorable opinion of him. the numbers are practically the opposite for president obama, with 53% of independents, favorable to 40% unfavorable. >> michael steele, you ran the republican party. most successful election, i think, in offterm in the history. does look like democratic numbers before the 2010 landslide. >> isn't that amazing? >> romney is upside down in a big way. >> when you look at the narrative coming into and going out of 2010, where the republicans really positioned themselves well to make the case to the country to fire nancy pelosi and to make those kind of changes, how they dropped off that cliff so quickly into this particular abyss really comes from the fact that there's not been a sound policy structure put in place on the economy. there's been the craziness in congress, where li
according to the poll, 40% of all voters hold a favorable opinion of romney, down one point since may, but those with an unfavorable view went up 1%. president obama's numbers went up slightly. when it comes to independents, only 37% have a positive opinion of romney, while 50% have an unfavorable opinion of him. the numbers are practically the opposite for president obama, with 53% of independents, favorable to 40% unfavorable. >> michael steele, you ran the republican party. most...
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expectations for romney down there? we know mitt -- we know the rest of the field, newt gingrich, rick santorum have been looking to south carolina, the place they can do some damage if they can ride their way through new hampshire. what would constitute a win for romney down there where you are? >> reporter: well, i think obviously for his challengers, this is the romney fire wall. this is the place as you put it -- as david put it, the super bowl for the social conservatives. for romney, he says he needs a strong showing. they're trying to demonstrate the way they think that can happen. mccain won the republican primary here four years ago. this is a state that correctly picked the republican nominee in every primary dating back to the year 1980. but mccain four years ago won because huckabee and fred thompson, remember, split that vote down the middle and mccain was able to run away with it down here. and their hope is that exact same thing takes place down here. for rick perry to make a stand here, the romney campai
expectations for romney down there? we know mitt -- we know the rest of the field, newt gingrich, rick santorum have been looking to south carolina, the place they can do some damage if they can ride their way through new hampshire. what would constitute a win for romney down there where you are? >> reporter: well, i think obviously for his challengers, this is the romney fire wall. this is the place as you put it -- as david put it, the super bowl for the social conservatives. for...
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you have mitt romney down ten points a month ago, after the debate, he's down, it's within the margin of error. this is supposed to be the state where the grand experiment of the auto bailout took place. and there's no way mitt romney could win that state. basically tied right now. and again, whether michigan ends up in his cone or not, this shows a huge thing taking place. we've got to assume it's taking place in florida, north carolina, virginia. i'd be shocked if mitt romney wasn't ahead in a lot of these swing states by the time these polls come out. >> and it forces the obama campaign to allocate resources to places like michigan, which they probably thought they had pretty faithfully in hand. but look, the poll numbers on women are really interesting. i have always believed that most of us in the news business very often underestimate the impact of the economy on women as a voting group. >> yeah. always talking about abortion and a lot of other social issues. because, you know what? it's the same thing too with a lot of gay voters that will come up to me and go, listen, i care a
you have mitt romney down ten points a month ago, after the debate, he's down, it's within the margin of error. this is supposed to be the state where the grand experiment of the auto bailout took place. and there's no way mitt romney could win that state. basically tied right now. and again, whether michigan ends up in his cone or not, this shows a huge thing taking place. we've got to assume it's taking place in florida, north carolina, virginia. i'd be shocked if mitt romney wasn't ahead in...
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tuld and he didn't want to come down to romney's level. you can't make an excuse the second time. talk about a must win. that's the flipside. >> we were saying last week that mitt romney's back was against the wall, and if mitt romney didn't stand up and deliver, the election was over. we were saying that here, and guess what? that was just the case. a lot of freakazoids on the extreme right didn't want to hear. they wanted to blame the pollsters and the media. romney had to stand up and deliver. he stood up and delivered, so we reset the campaign. guess what? the shoe is on the other foot now. if barack obama blows it again like the first debate, i aagree with donny. that creates momentum that pushing mitt romney towards the finish line. >> we focus and talk a lot -- >> by the way, now it's left wingers who are filling my twitter feed calling me a bigot and calling all of us racists because we hate black people because we're saying the truth, mitt romney won the debate. the hatred is coming from the left and there's some desperation over
tuld and he didn't want to come down to romney's level. you can't make an excuse the second time. talk about a must win. that's the flipside. >> we were saying last week that mitt romney's back was against the wall, and if mitt romney didn't stand up and deliver, the election was over. we were saying that here, and guess what? that was just the case. a lot of freakazoids on the extreme right didn't want to hear. they wanted to blame the pollsters and the media. romney had to stand up and...
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so does romney go down to the land of bob jones university and win? >> quite likely the economic argument that is very important here is twice as important down there. because there it's jobs. the unemployment is just about twice as high as it was here in new hampshire. and people are worried about budget deficits and taxes, there they are also worried about jobs and unemployment. so that argument -- if rick santorum had continued his iowa semi-victory, tied victory speech and taken that to new hampshire, perhaps he could've resinated, but he took a detour on social issues, got into an argument with college kids and disappeared from the fray. now, that's history. so there's no one else who can really challenge him there. i think that the speech mitt romney made last night about those who want to tear down -- and he continued today, those who want to tear down the hope and tear down the whole issue of capitalism, that speech is going to resinate in south carolina. >> i think it will. and david gregory, can you imagine south carolina voters just startin
so does romney go down to the land of bob jones university and win? >> quite likely the economic argument that is very important here is twice as important down there. because there it's jobs. the unemployment is just about twice as high as it was here in new hampshire. and people are worried about budget deficits and taxes, there they are also worried about jobs and unemployment. so that argument -- if rick santorum had continued his iowa semi-victory, tied victory speech and taken that...
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the fox news poll showing down in ohio by seven. romney down in virginia by seven. down in florida by five. down in michigan by eight. down in wisconsin by 14 points. time's running out. if he's going to turn things around, it had better happen soon. >> yeah, joe, the numbers are brutal, there's no doubt about it in those key states, being behind in those key states is almost like a death nell around any campaign and the romney campaign. unfortunately for governor romney, well, he's got one positive thing going for him. >> what's that? >> in that, look. when he was running for governor for the first time, the only time in massachusetts, he was behind by quite a good deal at just about this juncture in that gubernatorial campaign. >> is that right? >> yeah. he came back, he caught up and won the governorship, but he did it by being someone that the voters obviously wanted to look at and like. his problem now is he's been running so long against obama. that's something obama's bad, obama's bad. you've got to vote against obama and not giving the voters anything of him
the fox news poll showing down in ohio by seven. romney down in virginia by seven. down in florida by five. down in michigan by eight. down in wisconsin by 14 points. time's running out. if he's going to turn things around, it had better happen soon. >> yeah, joe, the numbers are brutal, there's no doubt about it in those key states, being behind in those key states is almost like a death nell around any campaign and the romney campaign. unfortunately for governor romney, well, he's got...
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the clip we just showed of governor romney down in sarasota, florida, basically saying the president just said wasn't can't be changed from within so we've got to get him out now, i just don't think people listen to that stuff. for the life of me, i don't understand why the governor and his campaign don't have one set speech basically saying here's how i'm going to put the country to work. one, two, three and four. >> brian, there are so many people that are hurting out there right now. but you listen to these crowds, even after romney's had a horrific month. he's just proven himself to be one of the most incompetent candidates in recent american history. there are a lot of people showing up at these rallies and they're cheering because they want america to go in a new direction. he still has the opportunity to pull this out. >> i listen to you guys every morning when i can and i hear the talk about romney blew himself up, this, that, and the other. i think it's different. i think that this week with the secret tapes where you have sort of the audio from loyola, the president saying
the clip we just showed of governor romney down in sarasota, florida, basically saying the president just said wasn't can't be changed from within so we've got to get him out now, i just don't think people listen to that stuff. for the life of me, i don't understand why the governor and his campaign don't have one set speech basically saying here's how i'm going to put the country to work. one, two, three and four. >> brian, there are so many people that are hurting out there right now....
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obama not making eye contact with romney a lot. looking down, surprised by romney's strength. and just monot engaged. >> so he was intense. he leaned in. it was like he had a lot of coffee before the debate. and he just was going after the president. my question for you, joe, is why can't he transfer this to the campaign trail? why wouldn't that work? it was great. >> i think that's what everybody said last night. i think he was very comfortable last night talking about facts, talking about information. i don't think -- >> he wasn't explaining a lot of stuff. >> going to chipotle just hanging out with the kids. i'm dead serious. >> i'm talking about speeches and rallies, and there are things people want to hear. i bet you the americans watching last night are the same people who go to rallies. they want to hear this stuff. they want to hear more. >> that's a challenge for mitt romney. >> that is a challenge. >> you heard that after everybody got over the shock of how great mitt romney did and how poorly the president did, the next thing was okay, now can he convert this? >> ri
obama not making eye contact with romney a lot. looking down, surprised by romney's strength. and just monot engaged. >> so he was intense. he leaned in. it was like he had a lot of coffee before the debate. and he just was going after the president. my question for you, joe, is why can't he transfer this to the campaign trail? why wouldn't that work? it was great. >> i think that's what everybody said last night. i think he was very comfortable last night talking about facts,...
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romney down six points from last week, gingrich up 16 points. rick santorum and ron paul back 20 points. comes to head-to-head matchups in the general, suffolk university poll, inside the state of florida shows mitt romney with a five-point lead over president obama but when you flip that and put in newt gingrich, president obama leads by nine percentage points, joe, and that tells you a lot. >> go back and look at polls taken in 1995 and newt gingrich had a 27% approval rating nationwide, a 60% disapproval rating nationwide. on the eve of the south carolina primary, the ppp polls and the nbc news/"wall street journal" polls that were all out that week showed newt gingrich around the same, 27, 28% approval rating nationwide. in 2012, 60% approval rating nation wide. he is a person people in the base love in 1994 because he took a party from minority status to majority status for the first time in a generation, so there are people that feel good about him. he still can't move middle america, but you know, willie, i look at those florida numbers a
romney down six points from last week, gingrich up 16 points. rick santorum and ron paul back 20 points. comes to head-to-head matchups in the general, suffolk university poll, inside the state of florida shows mitt romney with a five-point lead over president obama but when you flip that and put in newt gingrich, president obama leads by nine percentage points, joe, and that tells you a lot. >> go back and look at polls taken in 1995 and newt gingrich had a 27% approval rating...
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if you contrast that with the fact that romney said let them go down, and not only did president obama save them, but they're making profits, which means they can expand and create more jobs, how do you campaign against that? i think in the word he's uniquely chaelgd. >> governor dean, you have republican governors in those states who will presumably be on tak stages with the republican nominee who are trying to tell the audience that things are going bad in the country, that republican governor is trying to tell them things are going much better in my state, he has that little dissonance problem to deal with. >> yeah. that is a problem. the memo that he put out last week or the phone calls or whatever that he was making saying look, don't play up the economy in your state, that didn't -- isn't going over so well with people like rick scott and john kasich from florida and ohio because they do want to go out and tell everybody in their state what great governors they are and how they've turned the economy around. and, of course, governor romney wants to make sure people feel terrible s
if you contrast that with the fact that romney said let them go down, and not only did president obama save them, but they're making profits, which means they can expand and create more jobs, how do you campaign against that? i think in the word he's uniquely chaelgd. >> governor dean, you have republican governors in those states who will presumably be on tak stages with the republican nominee who are trying to tell the audience that things are going bad in the country, that republican...
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that goes down there with let them eat cake. Üsrát romney in iowa %já yesterday. it's 7:00 in the morning here in new york city. i'm willie geist. joe and mika, one more day off before we dig in and meet you in iowa on monday. jonathan capehart, and matt lewis still here, joining us in new york, "time" magazine's joe klein. >> hey, willie. >> you've done an awful lot of these. you don't have to say how many. >> i will say how many. i've done ten of these. >> ten iowas. >> yeah. someone shoot me. there are no 12-step programs for political junkiejunkies. >> i was fascinated to hear you say this is weird. >> well, there have been other weird ones, the first one in '76 was really weird because none of the above won. >> right. and i interviewed a none of the above supporter who said this year we're going all the way. and jimmy carter because he finished second claimed victory. and you know, this is kind of like 1988 because we're going into the last three days now and almost anybody can win. they had this hilarious poll yesterday, insider advantage had the top three.
that goes down there with let them eat cake. Üsrát romney in iowa %já yesterday. it's 7:00 in the morning here in new york city. i'm willie geist. joe and mika, one more day off before we dig in and meet you in iowa on monday. jonathan capehart, and matt lewis still here, joining us in new york, "time" magazine's joe klein. >> hey, willie. >> you've done an awful lot of these. you don't have to say how many. >> i will say how many. i've done ten of these. >>...
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you have somebody that can sit mitt romney down and teach him things about how to approach the budget. >> i want to ask joe a question. you've talked about whether this is like '76 or -- hoping to be more like 1980 with a clear choice. do you think when you clear away the atmospherics, looking at what the president is likely to try to do if he were re-elected on the budget and romney and ryan would try to do is this now that stark choice? >> i think we've moved to 1978. >> going backwards. >> howard jarvis is -- we've moved from '76, ford versus carter towards the reagan carter choice in '80. howard jarvis is starting to get petitions for prop 13. i think look, it ceases to be a campaign about nothing when you have paul ryan, a guy over the past 15 years, who's done more to symbolize fiscal restraint, even if he fell short on a vote here or a vote there, and dan, you've been, you know, you've been covering this for quite a long time, paul ryan has been at the epicenter of this battle. i remember bumping into you several times in '95, '96, '97 when this battle was raging on the hill. p
you have somebody that can sit mitt romney down and teach him things about how to approach the budget. >> i want to ask joe a question. you've talked about whether this is like '76 or -- hoping to be more like 1980 with a clear choice. do you think when you clear away the atmospherics, looking at what the president is likely to try to do if he were re-elected on the budget and romney and ryan would try to do is this now that stark choice? >> i think we've moved to 1978. >>...
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romney is upside down. the president's job rating is actually a huge improvement since the last time we tested it. but new hampshire is such a fickle state with the independents. the fiscal message can play well there for republicans, but the social, as soon as the social issues popped a couple months ago that's when you saw the president's numbers pop back up again. new hampshire is a weird state. romney was just there last week. >> a lot of feel forget the history of states like new hampshire, maine. these are states that went solidly republican and not just in the '50s and '60s democrats didn't win either of those states until '92. but by '68 to '88, republicans won them all the time. let's go to michigan. i've got to say, this number is a lot closer than i expected. mitt romney only four points behind in michigan. what's happened there? >>. >> this is one you've had some republican ad spending in michigan. democrats haven't done any. i believe we're the third straight public poll to show the president u
romney is upside down. the president's job rating is actually a huge improvement since the last time we tested it. but new hampshire is such a fickle state with the independents. the fiscal message can play well there for republicans, but the social, as soon as the social issues popped a couple months ago that's when you saw the president's numbers pop back up again. new hampshire is a weird state. romney was just there last week. >> a lot of feel forget the history of states like new...
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louisiana where mitt romney will lose. you can go down the list. you look at next week's contests, he's got a chance to win in illinois. but chances are good, he's going to get bounced around really hard over the next several weeks. >> i guess the flip side is the hope is all of this makes him better. having said that, i was talking to people close to the romney campaign last night and they were, willie, sweating it. it was not pretty. they did not know which way it was going to go for quite some time. that was not the way they wanted that to go down. >> true, but it ended well for them. the unwillness of members of the press to grant him a win. massachusetts, of course, he win, vermont, of course he won, idaho, a lot of mormons out there, everything he did, until ohio. ohio was the big one. >> that was critical, wasn't it? i think what we should say happened last night, he won the night. >> and at 11:00 last night, when most americans were going to sleep, it looked bleak. but you know, through the night, and people always say, how long does it tak
louisiana where mitt romney will lose. you can go down the list. you look at next week's contests, he's got a chance to win in illinois. but chances are good, he's going to get bounced around really hard over the next several weeks. >> i guess the flip side is the hope is all of this makes him better. having said that, i was talking to people close to the romney campaign last night and they were, willie, sweating it. it was not pretty. they did not know which way it was going to go for...
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he has great relationships with the chatterers down on romney. >> what about jeb bush? let's talk about him. he hasn't said he won't do it. this is a guy that automatically brings florida in and is a conservative's conservative. >> i don't know that his relationship with romney, personal relationship is such that it's likely to happen. >> romney would crawl down to miami on his hands and knees if jeb said yes. >> i'm not sure he wants to serve as romney's number two. >> the thing is, doesn't it help him come out of the shadow of his brother? >> absolutely. >> not just if he's given four to eight years but four months to campaign. i have worked closely with jeb. it takes about five minutes -- it takes about five seconds to understand that he's not his brother. temperamentally he's not his brother. >> outside of florida, people don't know him. when they do, they will like him. >> in the course of a campaign, four-month campaign, he's able to shed the baggage of the george w. bush presidency. certainly, within the first month, he would shed that baggage. >> jeb's decision
he has great relationships with the chatterers down on romney. >> what about jeb bush? let's talk about him. he hasn't said he won't do it. this is a guy that automatically brings florida in and is a conservative's conservative. >> i don't know that his relationship with romney, personal relationship is such that it's likely to happen. >> romney would crawl down to miami on his hands and knees if jeb said yes. >> i'm not sure he wants to serve as romney's number two....
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they have got to take romney down a few notches, right? >> well, i think it's true that there's -- that, ron's point, there's no question that romney is a credible rival and is moving. we talked about this yesterday. the momentum is with romney and there's no question the president had a desire to try to keep him down. i didn't really find those things quite so problematic. i actually thought this was the best of obama's three debates. >> right. >> compared to, you know, in that debate last at hofstra where you had the physicality and all that kind of contempt that came out. i thought the seated debate. president obama's really good on foreign policy, he was good on foreign policy in 2008, good last night, he indulged in a few zingers, that's certainly true, although the one on the navy illustrated a broader point which was to cast romney as a figure of the past and show romney doesn't know what he's talking about. >> and also the broader point he knows he's lost virginia, but go ahead, continue. >> and i think romney actually in the first
they have got to take romney down a few notches, right? >> well, i think it's true that there's -- that, ron's point, there's no question that romney is a credible rival and is moving. we talked about this yesterday. the momentum is with romney and there's no question the president had a desire to try to keep him down. i didn't really find those things quite so problematic. i actually thought this was the best of obama's three debates. >> right. >> compared to, you know, in...
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and if this race comes down to a battle between free enterprise as mitt romney would frame it versus barack obama's big government, mitt romney wins that fight every time. there are a lot of inherent dangers here that democrats don't see. because of their ideological preconditions. and whether they are fair or not, i'm just saying, this is a dangerous path to tread. and if mitt romney knows how to bat it away, it ends up working for him in the long run. >> willie? >> and as the epa concludes, it's cleanup of your spill here. rivaling what bp did in the gulf. two questions, number one, you're shaking your head when you hear what joe is saying. and you say mitt romney's bringing extreme conservatism into this race. what did you mean by that? >> well, i notice no one has dared to put another cup of coffee anywhere near me. >> you're done for the day. you're done for the day. >> but i think, joe, what the polls show, at least the ones i've seen is that -- americans like small business but don't like big business and they don't like wall street, and they're going to be associating mitt ro
and if this race comes down to a battle between free enterprise as mitt romney would frame it versus barack obama's big government, mitt romney wins that fight every time. there are a lot of inherent dangers here that democrats don't see. because of their ideological preconditions. and whether they are fair or not, i'm just saying, this is a dangerous path to tread. and if mitt romney knows how to bat it away, it ends up working for him in the long run. >> willie? >> and as the epa...
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the obama camp doesn't seem to be backing down against mitt romney's record at bain capital. is it too negative and all too soon? >>> and former british prime minister tony blair questioned on his close relationship with rupert murdoch. it's all part of the "news of the world" phone hacking investigation. we'll have the details from court for you. hi, everybody. great to have you with me today. i'm thomas roberts. and we great straight to what's on the agenda for this memorial day. and it's people in florida and georgia who are waking up to drenching rains this memorial day holiday. the second strongest storm to ever hit the u.s. in may could bring as much as a foot of rain and the storm making landfall originally in jacksonville, just after midnight, where the city's mayor, alvin brown, is bracing for the worst. >> everything's going to be shut down. we're really preparing for this tropical storm, and it's all about safety. we want
the obama camp doesn't seem to be backing down against mitt romney's record at bain capital. is it too negative and all too soon? >>> and former british prime minister tony blair questioned on his close relationship with rupert murdoch. it's all part of the "news of the world" phone hacking investigation. we'll have the details from court for you. hi, everybody. great to have you with me today. i'm thomas roberts. and we great straight to what's on the agenda for this...
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. >> down goes romney. >> boom -- i mean, i'm sorry. newt just keeps getting up. boom. hops right back up. >> like a weeble wobble. >> it does matter, and it matters while mitt romney has the organization and the money, newt gingrich has a 30-year brand, 40-year brand, in republican politics, that apparently can just plow right over one problem after another. >> how would you characterize that grin? >> you know what? i would -- as an outsider, as -- >> oh, come on. that's not true. >> as a leucidary, that's how h came to washington, d.c. made a lot of money off of washington. i'll tell you, last night, man -- come on now. donny -- >> honestly, it's the same show. i didn't -- i mean, it's good television. it's entertaining. you do you think that's going to swing one vote at this point? i don't think there's anything that -- >> what about south carolina? >> what specifically happened last night? obviously, he a good performance. he's had the best performances at all the debates. he's great at that. >> you're saying it's good television. mike barnicle, barack obama was goo
. >> down goes romney. >> boom -- i mean, i'm sorry. newt just keeps getting up. boom. hops right back up. >> like a weeble wobble. >> it does matter, and it matters while mitt romney has the organization and the money, newt gingrich has a 30-year brand, 40-year brand, in republican politics, that apparently can just plow right over one problem after another. >> how would you characterize that grin? >> you know what? i would -- as an outsider, as -- >>...
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newt gingrich will either get mitt romney into shape for 2012 or he will make mitt -- take mitt down in next year's primary contests before the former massachusetts governor gets himself and his party in over his head. it has come to this. a republican nomination out of hollywood, which too often is where this process has been the past seven months. but it isn't going to have a hollywood ending. tinker bell isn't going to conjure chris christie or anyone else out of ferairy dust before the primaries begin. these two are it. romney's inadequacies are known, it's time to put the two in a cage together so one can emerge ready to compete for the presidency. >> speaking of hollywood, willie's there right now. willie, a lot of people arguing that -- and yesterday we had somebody here saying every campaign has to face the threat, i think it's a good argument that daniel makes that this will make him a stronger candidate or defeat him. >> daniel sounds so disappointed by it. these are the two guys we're left with. live with it, deal with it. mitt romney's strategy is to go after newt gingric
newt gingrich will either get mitt romney into shape for 2012 or he will make mitt -- take mitt down in next year's primary contests before the former massachusetts governor gets himself and his party in over his head. it has come to this. a republican nomination out of hollywood, which too often is where this process has been the past seven months. but it isn't going to have a hollywood ending. tinker bell isn't going to conjure chris christie or anyone else out of ferairy dust before the...
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mitt romney is also upside down in favoribility. >> his ratings four points lower than the president's in this poll. 32% favorable few of the former massachusetts governor as favorable, 36% unfavorable. >> of course, jim, there you only have the 4 percentage point difference between favorable and unfavorable because americans are trying to figure out who mitt romney is. the obama people, if you have to be very concerned if these -- if other polls follow this trend. as james carville said on our show last week it's the obama team spending all the money right now. the romney team raising all the money right now. >> i think that's a brilliant point. nobody is paying attention to that. everyone is saying mitt romney's strategy is terrible, why isn't he responding forcibly? do they understand how much money he's sitting on and the outside group and when everybody tunes in he's going to be outspending with his allies the president two to one in the final months of the campaign. you don't think he can redefine himself. >> restrictive in some respects before spending it before becoming the rep
mitt romney is also upside down in favoribility. >> his ratings four points lower than the president's in this poll. 32% favorable few of the former massachusetts governor as favorable, 36% unfavorable. >> of course, jim, there you only have the 4 percentage point difference between favorable and unfavorable because americans are trying to figure out who mitt romney is. the obama people, if you have to be very concerned if these -- if other polls follow this trend. as james carville...
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mitt romney also down played the significance of their get together, which i believe happened at 6:30 in the morning at a hotel. insisting the two have regularly talked throughout the campaign. >> well, we had -- what? what? i was going to say, we had a new york governor that used to take his meetings in a hotel up at -- where was it? >> the days hotel on 94th street. 94th and broadway. >> and governor patterson would take 6:30 meetings also. >> meet the voters. >> oh, stop. come on. take just one story seriously this morning. everything goes into the toilet with you. >> you have close contact with the voters if you want to win elections, right? >> don't engage. >> we learned one thing about what happened at the meeting. hey, newt, i've got a humorous story for you. >> so what does that mean? do you think they are trying to -- what are they doing? >> not only at the candidate level but at the senior staff level there have been a lot more conversations amongst the various campaigns than have been reported. they are talking about trying to keep this in the interest of the party. they kn
mitt romney also down played the significance of their get together, which i believe happened at 6:30 in the morning at a hotel. insisting the two have regularly talked throughout the campaign. >> well, we had -- what? what? i was going to say, we had a new york governor that used to take his meetings in a hotel up at -- where was it? >> the days hotel on 94th street. 94th and broadway. >> and governor patterson would take 6:30 meetings also. >> meet the voters. >>...
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so for mitt romney, if romney's down even by two or three percentage points going into the final week or two, he's going to have to pull 80% of the undecided voters. that's just not going to happen. and it's certainly not going to happen because of 30-second ads. >> and this campaign's been going on for well over a year. the country knows mitt romney. the country has a feeling about who he is. they don't know, though, what exactly he'd do. and that's, i think, his opportunity. he's got two months to lay out in stark terms specifically what he would do on the economy. instead of just ripping president obama about what's happening overseas, how would you handle the situation? some of his aides are coming out this morning and explaining a little bit what he would have done. get specifics. we feel like we know who you are. now tell us exactly what you'd do. but if you look inside those numbers, if he loses florida, it's over. there's no chance. we're talking about ohio. but if he's down five in florida, forget it. >> if he loses florida, it's over. if he loses ohio, it's over. i'm sorry.
so for mitt romney, if romney's down even by two or three percentage points going into the final week or two, he's going to have to pull 80% of the undecided voters. that's just not going to happen. and it's certainly not going to happen because of 30-second ads. >> and this campaign's been going on for well over a year. the country knows mitt romney. the country has a feeling about who he is. they don't know, though, what exactly he'd do. and that's, i think, his opportunity. he's got...
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north carolina's a dead heat, a "washington post" poll heading down four, mitt romney down by four in virginia. it seems like every single state is thrown up in the air. a lot of consternation on both sides, and would you agree neither side has any idea who is going to win this race. >> yeah. i think we'll go into next tuesday blind, frankly. i don't think either side will have confidence. both think that they'll win, but neither will have a lot of confidence in that, i think. >> i disagree, i think they're confident. >> well, but i think -- >> and maybe they're bluffing, but they really believe they're winning. >> i think there'll be real nervousness going into the evening and waiting for those exits. >> there should be. >> and i wonder how much is bravado and bluster. i've talked to both sides, they both say convincingly that they're going to win. so, you know. >> well -- >> joe, chicago fundamentally believes the demographics are going to keep -- demographics and this organizational advantage they have in ohio and iowa are just making it impossible for romney to get to 270. they be
north carolina's a dead heat, a "washington post" poll heading down four, mitt romney down by four in virginia. it seems like every single state is thrown up in the air. a lot of consternation on both sides, and would you agree neither side has any idea who is going to win this race. >> yeah. i think we'll go into next tuesday blind, frankly. i don't think either side will have confidence. both think that they'll win, but neither will have a lot of confidence in that, i think....
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mitt romney just keeps playing it down the middle. look at rick perry in that poll. >> oh, my gosh. >> he's got to play in iowa. he's at 7%. >> 7%. >> 15 points behind mitt romney. >> if only we had somebody that knew anything about this story. >> maybe wrote an article. >> if only. >> an in-depth about mitt romney. >> who talked about mitt romney trying to close this out, just like vanderbilt. >> don't do it. >> here's the deal with vanderbilt. listen, i am mr. optimistic, right? seriously, the fact joe scarborough and i were saying arkansas is going to beat vandy. vanderbilt almost beat them. they should have beat them except for a couple of mistakes. >> let's talk about that in sports. >> we will. so anyway, if somebody had only written something about mitt romney shutting things down. >> yes. >> just turning the lights off. >> if somebody had, i'd read an excerpt. >> why don't you do that now. >> okay. new york magazine, the temptation of mitt. on one reading, to be sure, making a concerted late-stage effort to take iowa would be
mitt romney just keeps playing it down the middle. look at rick perry in that poll. >> oh, my gosh. >> he's got to play in iowa. he's at 7%. >> 7%. >> 15 points behind mitt romney. >> if only we had somebody that knew anything about this story. >> maybe wrote an article. >> if only. >> an in-depth about mitt romney. >> who talked about mitt romney trying to close this out, just like vanderbilt. >> don't do it. >> here's the deal...
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romney down by 82,000. and gingrich down by 340,000. and if you go to the very last chart and you see what this does to federal revenues, obama would increase them by $154 billion, and romney cuts them by, and it would pay for your part d medicare and then some. >> seven years. wow. >> john heilemann, how -- how much do people pay attention to this on the campaign trail? i know, obviously "the wall street journal" editorial page, a lot of other conservative activities pay close attention to this. on the campaign trail how much do they? >> in terms of the comparative tax plan? >> how many people know that newt gingrich is eliminating the capital gains tax, the death tax. >> i think not many. i think the notion that the two of them, they have not driven the minor contrast between their tax plans that much. i think most conservative voters know that both of them would like to tax us less than barack obama wants to. >> and nothing to pay for it. >> thank you, steve, we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. lord of the
romney down by 82,000. and gingrich down by 340,000. and if you go to the very last chart and you see what this does to federal revenues, obama would increase them by $154 billion, and romney cuts them by, and it would pay for your part d medicare and then some. >> seven years. wow. >> john heilemann, how -- how much do people pay attention to this on the campaign trail? i know, obviously "the wall street journal" editorial page, a lot of other conservative activities pay...
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he just tried to talk romney down. and the numbers are a moment where he's going to have to do that and say why are these numbers bad and why will they be better if you re-elect me? >> gene, both camps have not really talked about the next four years. the romney people have been open about it up until recently when i think "the wall street journal" and a lot of conservatives have smoked them out, so they're getting a little more specific on deductions and a few other issues. but you could say the same thing about the president's team. they made the calculated decision to not talk about what they're going to do over the next four years. and that puts an incumbent in the position to do nothing but defend the last four years, doesn't it? >> well, it seems to me, look, what do people want to hear? i mean, really, what do people want to hear? why are they going to vote for one candidate or the other? it's what they're going to do over the next term. you know, we said on this program months and months ago that the winner of
he just tried to talk romney down. and the numbers are a moment where he's going to have to do that and say why are these numbers bad and why will they be better if you re-elect me? >> gene, both camps have not really talked about the next four years. the romney people have been open about it up until recently when i think "the wall street journal" and a lot of conservatives have smoked them out, so they're getting a little more specific on deductions and a few other issues. but...
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they wanted to keep costs down. romney doesn't trust -- >> who is in charge? >> stevens i think is largely in charge. >> is that your take? >> yeah. again, to be fair to those guys, we said in december, four months ago, if you looked at the campaign throughout 2011, the conventional wisdom was the romney campaign was a better run operation than four years ago. people in december were saying -- >> that's not saying a lot. >> they looked good in december. they had a bad few months. there's no question they need to bring in senior people. >> ed is a good example of someone they are bringing in to remediate the problems they had. >> who's been in charge of messages pre ed? >> i think you have to keep in mind the achievement of romney becoming the nominee. i think the president is the favorite. he's a talented incumbent. romney is a northeastern mormon guy. >> moderate. >> he passed a universal health care in massachusetts. it's an accomplishment he was able to win the republican nomination. >> we have a closer look at what voters are thinking in some of the swing
they wanted to keep costs down. romney doesn't trust -- >> who is in charge? >> stevens i think is largely in charge. >> is that your take? >> yeah. again, to be fair to those guys, we said in december, four months ago, if you looked at the campaign throughout 2011, the conventional wisdom was the romney campaign was a better run operation than four years ago. people in december were saying -- >> that's not saying a lot. >> they looked good in december. they...
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and they rolled out a new movie yesterday devoted entirely to tearing down romney's business record. the film features testimonials from workers who say romney's former company destroyed their jobs while he and other executives took home millions. the issue is sparking a sharp debate inside the gop with some conservatives angry at fellow republicans for what they say see as an assault on free enterprise. here's rick santorum on this line of attack. >> rick perry, the governor of texas, he's going after mitt romney, his record as a venture capitalist. he's saying he was a vulture capitalist. >> you know, i -- i have to say that this is an attack that's probably not warranted. there's plenty of mitt romney's record as governor of massachusetts to attack and go after it, but i don't think going after capitalism and companies that in many cases do a public good in saving companies is a way to go about doing that. >> david, this is surreal. again, with all of the targets that newt gingrich and rick perry have in south carolina to attack mitt romney's record. they make an attack that would
and they rolled out a new movie yesterday devoted entirely to tearing down romney's business record. the film features testimonials from workers who say romney's former company destroyed their jobs while he and other executives took home millions. the issue is sparking a sharp debate inside the gop with some conservatives angry at fellow republicans for what they say see as an assault on free enterprise. here's rick santorum on this line of attack. >> rick perry, the governor of texas,...
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in 1964, 17-year-old mitt romney burned down a howard johnson's. see you next time on other hilarious pranks pulled by mitt romney. >> good morning. it's tuesday, may 15th. a beautiful shot of the jefferson memorial and a rainy morning in washington. with us on set nbc chief foreign affairs correspondent and host of "andrea mitchell reports," andrea mitchell. we have an msnbc contributor, jonathan capehart and editor for the "huffington post," sam stein. mike barnicle along with willie geist. i guess all of you have seen the flurry of polls out. the usa today/gallup poll, on the front page of usa today, which i'm sure millions of you will, you see the headline, two in three say a better economy is ahead. there is some positive news. you would think that benefit would accrue to the president. right now, it's not. 71% rate today's economy conditions as poor. 29 say the economy is in good shape. the poll shows americans are optimistic about their financial future. 6 in 10 predict the economy will be good one year from now. i guarantee they are not say
in 1964, 17-year-old mitt romney burned down a howard johnson's. see you next time on other hilarious pranks pulled by mitt romney. >> good morning. it's tuesday, may 15th. a beautiful shot of the jefferson memorial and a rainy morning in washington. with us on set nbc chief foreign affairs correspondent and host of "andrea mitchell reports," andrea mitchell. we have an msnbc contributor, jonathan capehart and editor for the "huffington post," sam stein. mike barnicle...
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but he needs someone, probably newt gingrich, to wound romney in iowa and pin romney down there so he has iowa and new hampshire largely to himself. >> so is newt gingrich good for jon huntsman? >> if newt scores a victory in iowa, that's great for huntsman. that says mitt romney's vulnerable, new hampshire voters reassess and say this guy huntsman's been retailing in my state for months, weeks, and i think you're right. 20% is not unreasonable in new hampshire. >> i'd be surprised if he doesn't get 20%. does huntsman gain anything? do you think he does? >> i think there's still room for huntsman to make his move. as i said a couple weeks ago, stop being the ambassador, and be the guy who wants to be president. >> if i would only listen to you, things would be -- but i just sit here pontificating. right? >> always right there. >> you listen to him, you'll have your own show. >> i love it. i love it. very good. coming up next, willie geist is going to make your weekend. by giving us his weekend review. also, thomas friedman's going to be with us, as well. keep it here on "morning joe."
but he needs someone, probably newt gingrich, to wound romney in iowa and pin romney down there so he has iowa and new hampshire largely to himself. >> so is newt gingrich good for jon huntsman? >> if newt scores a victory in iowa, that's great for huntsman. that says mitt romney's vulnerable, new hampshire voters reassess and say this guy huntsman's been retailing in my state for months, weeks, and i think you're right. 20% is not unreasonable in new hampshire. >> i'd be...
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and an hour later, "the washington post"/abc poll, wait, romney's down four. an hour later "the des moines register" decides they're going to endorse a republican since nixon. a minnesota poll that shows romney within the margin of error in minnesota. there are no trend lines here, are there? >> well, i would say this. there's no trend lines in the battleground states. i think that that is a fair assessment. i think what we see in minnesota and i think i saw -- we're seeing examples of it even in bluer states, if you will, and in some redder states is it's clear mitt romney's going to outperform john mccain in a lot of states he's going to lose and a lot of states he's going to win. i think it's fair to say that the idea of the split is very possible. that mitt romney's -- sort of the sheer momentum. and there is sort of two forces at work here in this campaign, right? the obama campaign metrics the census and demographics versus joe, i think what you and i feel like we see going on in this campaign the last two weeks, which is the good old-fashioned, well, wh
and an hour later, "the washington post"/abc poll, wait, romney's down four. an hour later "the des moines register" decides they're going to endorse a republican since nixon. a minnesota poll that shows romney within the margin of error in minnesota. there are no trend lines here, are there? >> well, i would say this. there's no trend lines in the battleground states. i think that that is a fair assessment. i think what we see in minnesota and i think i saw -- we're...
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down 4 percentage points. ron paul behind romney at 17%, still within the margin of error. those two. >> he's gone up. >> in south carolina, gingrich's lead over romney increases to 23%. >> that ain't nothing, that's huge. >> my blood pressure. the former speaker is up 35 points in the state since the last poll in late october. >> well, you know, at least you can take some hin the fact that he does poorly in florida. >> no, not really. in florida gingrich also leads romney by 23 points. the former speaker has 48% support in the sunshine state, that's a 39-point increase from the last poll. >> 39 points. >> all right. >> that's a lot of points. >> you know, john heilemann, the biggest shock of the polls that came out yesterday were the polls that showed newt gingrich ahead of barack obama in swing states like ohio. >> yes, well, this is this morning just now literally a couple of minutes ago. the state poll came out and i've got to say, these -- two different numbers. this ohio number that has gingrich ahead of
down 4 percentage points. ron paul behind romney at 17%, still within the margin of error. those two. >> he's gone up. >> in south carolina, gingrich's lead over romney increases to 23%. >> that ain't nothing, that's huge. >> my blood pressure. the former speaker is up 35 points in the state since the last poll in late october. >> well, you know, at least you can take some hin the fact that he does poorly in florida. >> no, not really. in florida gingrich...
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romney's numbers are still upside down. people say governor romney doesn't care about people like them. that is still the result of a summer of pummeling in ohio by the obama campaign and the democratic super pacs which worked ohio harder, knowing that the state could be a firewall, knowing that they could hold the electoral map and take ahold of ohio. they hit him harder there than anywhe anywhere. you still see that in the internals in terms of romney's image in that state. >> i said they have to run the table if they lose ohio or expand the map. one area where romney's people are talking aboutpanding the map, michigan. >> a new poll finds mitt romney is closing in on president obama's once-comfortable lead in that state. "the detroit news"/local 4 poll found among likely voters, the race has tightened to be within the margin of error. earlier this month romney was trailing president obama by approximately six percentage points. and with signs that michigan is once again in play, the pro-romney super pac restore our futur
romney's numbers are still upside down. people say governor romney doesn't care about people like them. that is still the result of a summer of pummeling in ohio by the obama campaign and the democratic super pacs which worked ohio harder, knowing that the state could be a firewall, knowing that they could hold the electoral map and take ahold of ohio. they hit him harder there than anywhe anywhere. you still see that in the internals in terms of romney's image in that state. >> i said...
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look at the numbers among women in polls over the last couple of months. >> romney down 18 points women under 45, but up five points women over 45. check out those polls. >> real quick, mark -- >> most important thing about that poll, it will help romney raise money. more people will show up at fundraisers because of jim's poll. >> all right. >> and check him out at politico.com. >> he can thank us. >>> coming up in sports, the phillies cole hamels sends a message to bryce harper putting one in the kid's back on sunday night baseball. harper got his revenge, though. highlights when we come back. >>> plus, the new jersey tan mom immortalized by kristin wiig on "snl." "news you can't use" coming up. keep it on "morning joe." [ jennifer garner ] why can't strong sunscreen feel great? actually it can. neutrogena® ultra sheer provides unbeatable uva uvb protection and while other sunscreens can feel greasy ultra sheer® is clean and dry. it's the best for your skin. ultra sheer®. neutrogena®. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] everyone likes a bit of order in their life. virtual wallet helps you
look at the numbers among women in polls over the last couple of months. >> romney down 18 points women under 45, but up five points women over 45. check out those polls. >> real quick, mark -- >> most important thing about that poll, it will help romney raise money. more people will show up at fundraisers because of jim's poll. >> all right. >> and check him out at politico.com. >> he can thank us. >>> coming up in sports, the phillies cole hamels...
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down at 17%. michelle bachmann at 10. >> the nbc poll has him up 15% on mitt romney. mike allen, a look at the playbook. thanks so much, michael. see you soon. >>> have a great debate week. >>> the latest on the wild fires that are burning across texas. plus, a fashion faux pas in college football last night. you see the uniforms on maryland. >> what is that about? >> oh. >> sports is next. yesterday doesn't win. big doesn't win. titles corner offices don't win. what wins? original wins. fresh wins. smart wins. the world's most dynamic companies know what wins in business today. maybe that's why so many choose to work with us. we're grant thornton. audit. tax. advisory. [ technician ] are you busy? management just sent over these new technical manuals. they need you to translate them into portuguese. by tomorrow. [ male announcer ] ducati knows it's better for xerox to manage their global publications. so they can focus on building amazing bikes. with xerox, you're ready for real business. >>> 34
down at 17%. michelle bachmann at 10. >> the nbc poll has him up 15% on mitt romney. mike allen, a look at the playbook. thanks so much, michael. see you soon. >>> have a great debate week. >>> the latest on the wild fires that are burning across texas. plus, a fashion faux pas in college football last night. you see the uniforms on maryland. >> what is that about? >> oh. >> sports is next. yesterday doesn't win. big doesn't win. titles corner offices...
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romney, tear down that wall. >> oh, katty kay f you can stomach it stay with us. more live from tampa including former governor jeb bush, newt gingrich. >> we were with newt yesterday. >> i went to newt u yesterday. i learned so much. >> i got graded by newt himself. keep it right here on "morning joe," live from the elephant bar. mom: ready to go to work? ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ every mom needs a little helper. that's why i got a subaru. announcer: love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. and also to build my career. so i'm not about to always let my frequent bladder urges, or the worry my pipes might leak get in the way of my busy lifestyle. that's why i take care, with vesicare. once-daily vesicare can help control your bladder muscle and is proven to treat overactive bladder with symptoms of frequent urges and leaks day and night. if you have certain stomach or glaucoma problems, or trouble emptying your bladder, do not take vesicare. vesicare may cause allergic reactions that may be serious. if you experience swelling of the face, lips, throat or tongue, stop taking
romney, tear down that wall. >> oh, katty kay f you can stomach it stay with us. more live from tampa including former governor jeb bush, newt gingrich. >> we were with newt yesterday. >> i went to newt u yesterday. i learned so much. >> i got graded by newt himself. keep it right here on "morning joe," live from the elephant bar. mom: ready to go to work? ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ every mom needs a little helper. that's why i got a subaru. announcer: love. it's what...
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governor romney wants to bring the debt back down -- or federal spending underneath 20% of gdp. right now it is at 24% and climbing. that's a hug difference. >> governor, are you going to come back on set some time and host again? because i can tell you -- >> he was good. good presence. he read a prompter nicely. >> i'd love to come back, joe. hope you'll have me some time, you and mika both. >> thank you so much. >> minnesota nice. >> he is minnesota nice. sitting here listening to miss upper -- whatever side -- miss south of france yelling at him -- >> no, i wasn't. >> she wasn't yelling at him. >> interrupting him. >> she was being very respectful and just pointed, i thought. >> she's pointed. he's so minnesota nice, it kind of made me feel uncomfortable. >> brian. what's wrong with saying paul ryan put out a budget that really raised some serious questions about what we need to do to make sure that we don't run out of money, that our children -- that we don't kick the can down the road. why can't we say that this budget is a great touchstone for the conversation? >> because
governor romney wants to bring the debt back down -- or federal spending underneath 20% of gdp. right now it is at 24% and climbing. that's a hug difference. >> governor, are you going to come back on set some time and host again? because i can tell you -- >> he was good. good presence. he read a prompter nicely. >> i'd love to come back, joe. hope you'll have me some time, you and mika both. >> thank you so much. >> minnesota nice. >> he is minnesota nice....
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i thought there were some mistakes that romney made that might haunt him down the road. in particular, that one comment when he said, yep, i didn't get costs down in massachusetts. >> let me ask you something that i asked michael steele in the last hour, what is it going to take for the republican party to fall in love with mitt romney. they've tried everybody else. we've seen these huge fluctuations in the polls when cain goes up 20 and perry down 20. he's been steady over the last couple of months. when are they finally going to be? in iowa, new hampshire, the party going to throw their arms around him? >> i just heard tina brown talking about john kerry. >> it is, it's the same thing. he was terrific in some of the debates. he was a good arguer. i've got to tell you, the one take away moment from the debate really was michele bauchmann talking about women at the end of their rope. i really thought that was moving and cut through to me. >> chuck, when does -- >> well, i think -- ultimately, i think it's florida, and i think ultimately it's the obama campaign attacks ro
i thought there were some mistakes that romney made that might haunt him down the road. in particular, that one comment when he said, yep, i didn't get costs down in massachusetts. >> let me ask you something that i asked michael steele in the last hour, what is it going to take for the republican party to fall in love with mitt romney. they've tried everybody else. we've seen these huge fluctuations in the polls when cain goes up 20 and perry down 20. he's been steady over the last...
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mitt romney down six points in florida. down i think six points in ohio. he is getting pummeled in pennsylvania. what are you going to be asking romney today? >> well, it's interesting. we have already started to talk to romney folks last night. their view of the world is none of this stuff matters. all the stories about london and gaffes, they burn off so quickly. nothing matters until the convention and introduce romney to the american people and they look at the polls and say, who cares? obama has outspent us. they'd say just wait until after the conventions and they can start to spend their general election money and they're going to dump tons and tons and tons of negative advertising on obama and think think it will move numbers. >> jim, do you buy that argument? they're raising a lot of money. he's going to be raising tons of money in aspen today and spending a lot of money. but i guess the big question is, is he getting boxed in to a corner? is the obama team defining him in a way he won't be able to erase with an etch-a-sketch over the fall campaig
mitt romney down six points in florida. down i think six points in ohio. he is getting pummeled in pennsylvania. what are you going to be asking romney today? >> well, it's interesting. we have already started to talk to romney folks last night. their view of the world is none of this stuff matters. all the stories about london and gaffes, they burn off so quickly. nothing matters until the convention and introduce romney to the american people and they look at the polls and say, who...
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you have mitt romney and a lot of the daily tracking polls going down a point or two per day. you have jon huntsman in quite a few polls which we're going to show going up. chris christie came last night. he gave a very positive talk. somebody asked him about jon huntsman and it got pretty personal pretty quickly. and of course, john heilemann from that point suddenly tom ridge came out and started bashing chris christie. chris christie basically questioned jon huntsman's loyalty. >> integrity. >> and integrity. and there are many that are suggesting that the romney people are getting a little nervous. >> well, i think there's no question that jon huntsman yesterday in the nbc debate had his best moment in any debate on this issue. >> a great debate. >> on saturday night, mitt romney criticized his service in the obama administration. the next day, having 12 hours to figure out a great response, he hit romney twice in sequence. first by saying, you know, i did this country first invoking john mccain to make the point he was serving his country and not serving a democratic admi
you have mitt romney and a lot of the daily tracking polls going down a point or two per day. you have jon huntsman in quite a few polls which we're going to show going up. chris christie came last night. he gave a very positive talk. somebody asked him about jon huntsman and it got pretty personal pretty quickly. and of course, john heilemann from that point suddenly tom ridge came out and started bashing chris christie. chris christie basically questioned jon huntsman's loyalty. >>...
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he sounded like he was aligning himself with rick santorum saying together we can take down mitt romney. he sounded like a guy at the end of the campaign not like a guy who is moving on. >> the reality is together they can't. if everybody else got out, santorum would win south carolina. remember newt the other day said he wanted to debate romney one on one. >> right. but if you were advising him, let's say, you would have someone named newt gingrich, would you advise him to call mitt romney a liar? would you advise him to call anyone a liar? >> no, i would have put it a little better. he may be mistaken. but that is classic newt. you saw it in the debates. when anybody challenged him, his first words were that is untrue. what you just told these people is not true. it turns out more often than not it was true. it's just the way newt parses the world works in his favor. >> you said there's no path for rick santorum and this could be over by the end of january. what could happen between now and the end of january to change that and what happens to all these conservative republicans who sa
he sounded like he was aligning himself with rick santorum saying together we can take down mitt romney. he sounded like a guy at the end of the campaign not like a guy who is moving on. >> the reality is together they can't. if everybody else got out, santorum would win south carolina. remember newt the other day said he wanted to debate romney one on one. >> right. but if you were advising him, let's say, you would have someone named newt gingrich, would you advise him to call...
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the point i was making is we have come to a place where everybody puts mitt romney down, dull, boring, you look at everything he's been saying, a credible guy. unless you're a sarah palin or donald trump or newt gingrich, it's not that interesting to talk about so it becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy. >> ed rendell declared the political winner this week, i think, by a landslide, mitt romney. it's as if the clouds have parted. he raised $10 million, by the way, he hasn't embarrassed himself. it's as if the clouds have parted and everybody's realized, wait a second, being dull, being quiet may just be the best republican ticket forward. i've heard more positive things about mitt romney this week than i have over the past four years. >> remember, joe, i was on the show about a month ago when that poll came out saying donald was so high. i pointed out among tea partyites, mitt romney was second with fairly substantial, trump was at 21 and mitt was at 19. if tea partyites come to the conclusion he may be their best candidate against barack obama, i think he's got a real shot. >> what abo
the point i was making is we have come to a place where everybody puts mitt romney down, dull, boring, you look at everything he's been saying, a credible guy. unless you're a sarah palin or donald trump or newt gingrich, it's not that interesting to talk about so it becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy. >> ed rendell declared the political winner this week, i think, by a landslide, mitt romney. it's as if the clouds have parted. he raised $10 million, by the way, he hasn't embarrassed...
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romney is upside down by 12 points and santorum by 7. romney's unfavorable number is still higher having gone up every time cnn measured the numbers last spring. >> okay. i want you to keep this full screen up and look at the middle number. mitt romney, who has long argued that he is the most selectable and party leaders have long argued would do the best in the general election because he's not a radical reactionary now has faf built ratings that are now net minus 12. howard dean, you don't find a presidential candidate in that position. whenever people would ask me, well, why can't sarah palin be present a year and a half ago, two year ago, look at the favorability ratings. >> the same with newt. they were so bad that that rarely turns around. >> there's another problem with these numbers. not these particular numbers. the net unfavorability ratings are very bad but a poll we showed six months ago that showed that 70% of americans believe that mitt romney only cares about rich people. whether that's true or not is not the problem. as y
romney is upside down by 12 points and santorum by 7. romney's unfavorable number is still higher having gone up every time cnn measured the numbers last spring. >> okay. i want you to keep this full screen up and look at the middle number. mitt romney, who has long argued that he is the most selectable and party leaders have long argued would do the best in the general election because he's not a radical reactionary now has faf built ratings that are now net minus 12. howard dean, you...
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mitt romney down at 14%. it includes republicans who so far haven't officially declared including sarah palin and rudy giuliani. when palin and giuliani were not included in the poll, perry's support surges to 32% over romney at 18%. almost doubles it. and michele bachmann's numbers jump up to 12%. this is -- this is a big foot that has just stumbled into this race. what -- two questions -- why is rick perry surging? secondly, why can mitt romney just not gain traction? >> well, i think for one thing, watching the rick perry surge, we're learning -- it's a reminder of how easily in this day and age it is to sort of get name i.d. and move up quickly, especially if you're a pretty charismatic figure in presidential politics. and rick perry is that. you know, he's gone glib on the campaign trail. he's been glib on the trail in the first three weeks as a candidate. he's very good at what i call hand-to-hand campaigning. i've seen it in person. others have -- you can see it both on the tv screen. i think that he h
mitt romney down at 14%. it includes republicans who so far haven't officially declared including sarah palin and rudy giuliani. when palin and giuliani were not included in the poll, perry's support surges to 32% over romney at 18%. almost doubles it. and michele bachmann's numbers jump up to 12%. this is -- this is a big foot that has just stumbled into this race. what -- two questions -- why is rick perry surging? secondly, why can mitt romney just not gain traction? >> well, i think...
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why do you have barack obama just leading by double digits on likability, and mitt romney upside down on some poll numbers that should be hurting him, and yet people seem to trust romney more right now on the economy? why? >> well, they think it's pretty self evident. the economy is not doing that well. the recovery that seemed promising early on in the year has slowed down a little bit. there isn't seem to be any legislative remedy in the works for how to create jobs. congress can't get anything done. and so the natural tendency i would guess is to find someone else to come in and fix the situation. i want to just go back quickly because i know, and i agree with you, there is no practical political consequence to the president coming out and saying he supports the state's rights to have gay marriage. and i agree with that 100%. but i will say that there is a practical consequence to a sitting president coming out and saying he supports gay marriage in that it allows the issue to be discussed in a different way -- >> you're saying symbol klee? >> not just symbolically. we had so much
why do you have barack obama just leading by double digits on likability, and mitt romney upside down on some poll numbers that should be hurting him, and yet people seem to trust romney more right now on the economy? why? >> well, they think it's pretty self evident. the economy is not doing that well. the recovery that seemed promising early on in the year has slowed down a little bit. there isn't seem to be any legislative remedy in the works for how to create jobs. congress can't get...
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quinnipiac came out with a poll today has mitt romney only down by four percentage points. the momentum seems to be on mares side-- on mitt romney's s >> we are going to be living in a different world tomorrow morning, i think. >> yes. >> but the thing about this town meeting debate, when i look back at the 20 years of presidential debates, the town meeting debates are the ones that always provide the memorable moments and more often than not they have to do with body language. they have to do with bill clinton walking up, you know, toward the woman who scad question about the economy, or al gore's stalking george w. bush. i think this is the moment where americans decide who they want to have living in their living room for the next four years. and reason prospectively, what he is going to do the next four years. 100,000 math and science teachers the only thing i have heard him propose and that ain't gonna cut it. >> steve, somebody who went through this four years ago, campaign, knowing what you know about the first debate, knowing what you know about the state of the cam
quinnipiac came out with a poll today has mitt romney only down by four percentage points. the momentum seems to be on mares side-- on mitt romney's s >> we are going to be living in a different world tomorrow morning, i think. >> yes. >> but the thing about this town meeting debate, when i look back at the 20 years of presidential debates, the town meeting debates are the ones that always provide the memorable moments and more often than not they have to do with body...
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for her to knock pawlenty down and to give romney more of the nomination. they really have got to be tougher with this guy if they're going to stop them. >> tim paw lendy has to do well in iowa. if michelle bachmann comes in and occupies that space, it's not bad news for mitt romney. it's great news for mitd rt rom. like in 2008 mike huck bee could vote for mitt romney. different this year. bachmann helps romney. do we have any other clips from last night. he had breakout moments, right? >> his death distinction so far between the health care plan he enacted asthma maa governor and obama's plan. >> obama-care spends $1 trillion. if it were printed, it's horrible, we couldn't afford more spending. third, obama care takes $500 million out of medicare and funds obama care. we didn't do that. and finally ours was a state plan, a state solution. if people don't like it in our state, they can change it. that's the nature of why states are the right place for this type of responsibility. that's why i introduced a plan to repeal obama care and replace it with the s
for her to knock pawlenty down and to give romney more of the nomination. they really have got to be tougher with this guy if they're going to stop them. >> tim paw lendy has to do well in iowa. if michelle bachmann comes in and occupies that space, it's not bad news for mitt romney. it's great news for mitd rt rom. like in 2008 mike huck bee could vote for mitt romney. different this year. bachmann helps romney. do we have any other clips from last night. he had breakout moments, right?...
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reagan was down nine in august, down 14 in april. and romney's even both times. so that's encouraging. >> david, "the washington post"/abc poll that came out shows mitt romney up by one point. it's a dead heat. but haley is right, reagan was down at this point back in 1980 and '88, we remember george h.w. bush, i remember watching him, while dukakis was at his convention, at some italian fest in some weird outfit saying no no no, we're dead. he was 19 points down. getting ready for four years of president dukakis. again, you look at this poll, it's deadlocked and the convention hasn't started. the president of the united states is at 46%. the republicans after a pretty rough year actually have something to be hopeful about. >> even after a rough summer where mitt romney's image has been battered and he has negatives to deal with he is still even. talking to his folks in his campaign they say it's good that they're in a position where it's even. the enthusiasm about defeating president obama, how much money the republicans can raise and this feeling that this may
reagan was down nine in august, down 14 in april. and romney's even both times. so that's encouraging. >> david, "the washington post"/abc poll that came out shows mitt romney up by one point. it's a dead heat. but haley is right, reagan was down at this point back in 1980 and '88, we remember george h.w. bush, i remember watching him, while dukakis was at his convention, at some italian fest in some weird outfit saying no no no, we're dead. he was 19 points down. getting ready...
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they always said it would come down to texas. >> mitt romney removed the word "presumptive" from his title of republican nominee, but his coronation this week was overshadowed by the renewed public analysis from one romney supporter, a 50-year-old hawaiian state documents. >> there are many people who do not believe -- >> give me a name. >> there are many people -- i don't give names. >> donald, you're beginning to sound a little ridiculous, i have to tell you. >> i think you are. frankly, if you would report it accurately, i think you would probably get better ratings than you're getting which are pretty small. >> yes, donald j. trump got his birther back on this week on the same day he shared the stage at a vegas fundraiser with romney. >> a lot of people do not think it was an authentic certificate. >> how can you say that? >> but many people do not think it was authentic. >> president obama, meanwhile, watched the spectacle with amusement while back at the white house hanging out with bob dylan, who as the president learned, removes the shades for no man. >> i have to say that i
they always said it would come down to texas. >> mitt romney removed the word "presumptive" from his title of republican nominee, but his coronation this week was overshadowed by the renewed public analysis from one romney supporter, a 50-year-old hawaiian state documents. >> there are many people who do not believe -- >> give me a name. >> there are many people -- i don't give names. >> donald, you're beginning to sound a little ridiculous, i have to...